Abstract: The process for dry desulfuration of a combustion gas includes providing an electrostatic precipitator (12) or an inertia force separator for dedusting; dedusting the combustion gas at temperatures of 100.degree. C. to 180.degree. C. in the electrostatic precipitator or at temperatures of 100.degree. C. to 700.degree. C. in the inertia force separator to form a partially dedusted combustion gas with a solids content of 5 to 40 g/Nm.sup.3 ; mixing the partially dedusted combustion gas with CaO and/or Ca(OH).sub.2 and optionally CaCO.sub.3 to form a gaseous mixture; providing a circulating fluidized bed device including a fluidized-bed reactor (8) and a downstream solids separator (7) with a return line (17) to the fluidized-bed reactor (8), the solids separator (7) being either another electrostatic precipitator or a bag filter; feeding the gaseous mixture and water into the fluidized-bed reactor (8); cooling the gaseous mixture in the fluidized-bed reactor (8) to a temperature of 50.degree. C. to 90.degree.